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546 - Language Note (R)

MARC 21 Community Information - Full

October 2001

First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
$a - Language note (NR) $6 - Linkage (NR)	$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Textual note giving the language(s) associated with the community information entity. Coded information on the language(s) may be recorded in 008/12-14 (Language) and in field 041 (Language Code).

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

Both indicator positions are undefined; each contains a blank (#).

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Language note

Text of the note.

Examples of programs or services:


546	##$aStaff speaks English, French, and Spanish.
041	0#$aeng$afre$aspa
008/12-14	eng


546	##$aLanguages: Russian, Spanish, American Sign Language.


546	##$aIdiomas: Griego. [The language of the record is Spanish.]

Examples of events:


546	##$aIn Spanish.
008/12-14	spa


546	##$aSimultaneous translation available.


546	##$aBilingual presentation, English and Spanish.

$6 - Linkage

See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number

See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Punctuation - Field 546 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

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